Nixi City had never been as lively as it was these past few days.
Three days earlier, when the Xinfei Merchant Guild's deep-sea fleet arrived at Nixi City's harbor, which had only been half completed two months earlier, and dropped anchor, the entire city had been stirred into a frenzy.
Countless people flocked to the harbor to gaze at the three Mana-Powered Ships, which were said to have come from the Stantin Duchy, more than two thousand kilometers away.
At the sight of the three enormous Mana-Powered Ships sitting beside the shore like small mountains, everyone exclaimed in amazement.
Ships this large were beyond anything they had imagined.
What was more, all three ships were made entirely of hard steel, with almost no wood visible on the outside.
After seeing the three ships, everyone felt not only astonishment, but even greater curiosity.
A ship made entirely of steel had to weigh an astounding amount.
How could such a heavy ship float on the sea, let alone travel at high speed?
The Stantin Duchy was nearly two thousand kilometers away even in a straight line, so the sea route had to be much longer than two thousand kilometers, perhaps even close to three thousand.
Yet these three ships had reportedly departed from the Stantin Duchy just over twenty days earlier. That meant they had traveled more than a hundred kilometers a day on average.
That speed might not have been particularly fast, but for three ships this enormous to move across the sea at all was incredible enough. Traveling so far over more than twenty consecutive days was nothing short of a miracle.
When the onlookers saw the sailors endlessly unloading cargo from the three ships, they were even more astonished.
Although the ships' immense size made it obvious that their